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Transition St Albans FORUMHARPENDEN TOWN COUNCIL’S AWARD WINNING QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER CLOSER TO THE COMMUNITY JUNE 2015 - ISSUE 153 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE NEW TOWN AND DEPUTY MAYOR page 2 VOLUNTEER FOR HARPENDEN page 4 WILDLIFE WATCH page 5 • Charity Cheque and Presentation • Transitions St Albans • Harpenden Arrows NEW TOWN MAYOR AND DEPUTY MAYOR Harpenden’s Town Mayor for 2015/16 the commemoration of the First World is Councillor Brian Ellis. After a degree War, including a memorial to Private in engineering at Loughborough, Brian Edward Warner VC of St. Albans. joined the international staff of HSBC He completed an MA in First World War and worked in Hong Kong. Subsequently Studies at Birmingham in 2010. Apart working for large banks in the City of from his Council work, Brian is active London, including 15 years at Citigroup in the community as a Board Member where he specialised in the insurance and of a Housing Association, Chairman reinsurance sector. This required extensive of a housing charity and as a Justice of travel to the United States, Bermuda and the Peace. Continental Europe. This year Brian has chosen to support Brian has lived in Harpenden for 30 years two local charities: The Harpenden and is married with two adult children, Trust and The Southdown Play Areas who attended local schools. He was elected Trust. The Harpenden Trust has been a Harpenden Town Councillor in 2011 in operation for 60 years and helps and was Deputy Mayor in 2014/15. individuals and families in Harpenden Brian was elected a St. Albans District who are suffering hardship, financial or Councillor in 2009 and is the Portfolio otherwise. The Southdown Play Areas daughter here and have lived in Harpenden Holder for Housing and Property Trust is being established this year to raise for nearly 30 years. During that time she Management. This role includes oversight funds to rebuild children’s play areas in has served on many local committees, of the redevelopment of sheltered housing Southdown and is an initiative of the local including ten years as a Governor of into modern extra care facilities - such as community. St Nicholas School. Currently she is Chair Lea Springs in Batford. Also to oversee a Brian is looking forward to his year as of The James Marshall Foundation and a programme of new social housing being Mayor and sees it as an honour and trustee of the Daylight Club, and is keen developed on disused garage sites with a privilege to work for the town of to encourage members of the public to around 100 units in the pipeline. Brian is Harpenden and its people. find out more about both organisations, also engaged on the project to move the Accompanying Councillor Ellis as Deputy which add so much to the life of this town. Museum of St Albans into the old Town Town Mayor is Councillor Nicola Linacre. During her previous two terms on the Hall and to redevelop its current site on Councillor Mrs Linacre is very pleased to Town Council Nicola has served as Town Hatfield Road. have been chosen by her fellow councillors Mayor, and chaired several committees, As a member of the Hertfordshire to serve as Deputy Mayor for a third time. including Environment. Nicola is really Armed Forces Community Covenant Nicola, and her husband Tim, moved looking forward to supporting Brian Board, Brian is involved in plans for out from London to raise their son and during his mayoral year. Sympathetic & professional treatment for all podiatry/chiropody problems Clinic appointments & home visits Tel: 01582 467667 www.headandshort.co.uk/podiatry Clinic at 64b High Street, Harpenden, AL5 2SP Ken Hodson Local Computer Hardwar e and Software Repairs, Upgrades and Advice for Home and Business Te l. 07974 156743 / 01582 794723 Email [email protected] www. kenhodsoncomputerservices.co.uk •No fix, no fee for all repairs – you have nothing to lose. • Low hourly rate. •Most re pairs carried out in your home, if not the computer will be picked up from and delivered back to you. •Problems with Windows / Applications / Games / Inter net / networks fixed . • Friendly training and instruction available in plain English. •Upgrades of hardwar e and software carried out . •Prevent children viewing inappr opriate inter net sites. 2 HARPENDEN TOWN COUNCIL, TOWN HALL, LEYTON ROAD, HARPENDEN, HERTS. AL5 2LX ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Town Mayor’s Charity Cheque Presentation The Town Mayor, Councillor Mary Maynard, was delighted to present cheques, each in the sum of £2,700 to her nominated charities; Home-Start St Albans City and District and Community Meeting Point Harpenden - Hightown Praetorian and Churches Association at the Annual Town Meeting on Monday 30 March. In total, £5,826 had been raised for the Town Mayor’s charities from charity events, activities and generous donations, with some monies having already been paid direct to the charities. The Town Mayor held a Quiz Night, an Indian Dinner, Christmas Musical Evening and Burns Night during her Mayoral year. The events were most enjoyable as well as being good fundraisers. The Town Mayor commented ‘I would like to thank everyone for their support and generosity. It has been a very busy year for me and it has been wonderful to meet so many enthusiastic and hardworking volunteers in the local community, many of whom are involved in more than one organisation and support many local events. Harpenden has a great community and by working together, sharing ideas and giving of our time so much Jill Rothwell, Chair, Home-Start St Albans City can be achieved.’ and District and Liz Barter, Head of Care and Awards of Merit Support for Hertfordshire, HPCHA (CMPH). Andrew Catton Pam Morris Larry Neal Each year the Town Council recognises outstanding contributions Mrs Pam Morris - For association with the Harpenden Seniors to the community over many years by presenting Awards of Merit Forum as Vice Chairman, organising a series of Health and to individuals who have been nominated for exceptional work for Wellbeing events at various locations throughout the town and the people and community of Harpenden. The nominees received her voluntary role with the Ambulance Trust User Group and Air their awards at the Annual Town Meeting which was held in Park Ambulance Trust. Hall in March. This year’s award holders were: Mr Larry Neal - For services to the community as a retained fire Mr Andrew Catton - For important service to the community as a fighter for over 30 years and for voluntary service to the Scouting retained fire fighter for over 30 years at Harpenden Fire Station. movement. We are a doctor-led, industry leading aesthetic practice Winner UK’s Best Skye Medical Aesthetic Clinic Optometrists Anti-wrinkle injections Advanced dermal fillers Independent Optometrists and Contact Lens Practitioners Body contouring Excessive sweating Designer frames & sunglasses Full contact lens service Acne & acne scarring Glaucoma screening Retinal photography Laser hair removal Skin rejuvenation Vision related dyslexia assessments Migraine Harpenden tel: 01582 712845 Tel 01582 762877 www.skyes.co.uk www.riverbanksclinic.co.uk 1 Bowers Parade, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2SH Riverbanks_HarpendenTelephone: Forum.indd 01582 1768278 • E-mail: [email protected]/03/2015 13:22 • Website: www.harpenden.gov.uk 3 If you are able to spare an Have you ever hour or two during this year’s wanted to be a News in brief Harpenden Poppy Appeal from the 24 October to 7 November Volunteer but to collect at the Railway Station, didn’t know how Luton & at the beginning of September, supermarkets or in the Town to go about it? Dunstable that will see new patients & Centre to enable us to continue investigate them all in one with this care and support we Thanks to a new organisation morning/afternoon. Thereby called ‘Volunteer for Harpenden’ University would love to hear from you. giving the patients clear direction you can now go to a single Hospital Event Please contact the local Poppy by the end of the session. We are website and find out all there is Appeal Honorary Organiser Update developing a purpose built to know about volunteering in Since becoming a Foundation clinic for this purpose at a cost Rosemary Crofts on Tel: Harpenden. Trust in 2006 teams from the of £700K, and will be one of 07983 429771 or email: rose. Lots of people of all ages and Luton & Dunstable University only a handful of hospitals in [email protected] interests want to help but find Hospital (L & D) have visited the country offering this service. “Live on – To the memory of the the process a little bit daunting. numerous towns and villages 2) Laser Prostatectomy service fallen and the future of the living” Who can I help? What experience in both Hertfordshire & (HoLEP). A service recently do I need? How do I make Bedfordshire with the aim of set up with a proven excellent contact? Will I enjoy the work? meeting local people to ask their outcome. Mr Saleemi’s colleague Cancer Questions like these are all views on how they consider Dr Farooq Khan will elaborate Research needs important in the quest to healthcare services should be on this service at this event. find what’s best for you and delivered in their area. 3) Transperineal Template volunteers! the charity you want to help. In 2014 the L & D Hospital Biopsies of the Prostate. A new Cancer Research desperately needs That’s why this new service celebrated 75 years of ‘caring for technique to diagnose prostate volunteers for their Harpenden has been established here in local people’. Of course, with the cancer. We have been very house to house collection from Harpenden with the backing of over 20 local charities.
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